Subject:amateur voice-over tweaking
Posted by: chumash
Date:3/28/2004 9:36:01 AM
Hi, I am doing an amateur play for my son's school project, and have limited equipment. I am doing the voice-over with my PC sound card and a pretty cheap mic. What settings would I use in Sound Forge to make the low quality wav files sound a bit more robust and full? I don't know a lot about sound editing, so any help in getting on the right track with this would be appreciated. Tahnks. |
Subject:RE: amateur voice-over tweaking
Reply by: Chienworks
Date:3/28/2004 4:17:13 PM
If you have Noise Reduction that will help a lot. Cheap mics tend to have very little low end (bass), so you can raise that a bit, probably in the 100 to 300Hz range. A touch of light reverb will make a big difference too and cover a multitude of sins. If you want that big theatre announcer type voice, consider Effects / Pitch / Shift and drop the pitch of the recording a few semitones. That will slow it down a tad and make it more bass. |
Subject:RE: amateur voice-over tweaking
Reply by: chumash
Date:3/28/2004 5:13:56 PM
Thanks, I'll experiment with the tips you suggested. If nothing else, it'll be fun to learn how to do this. |
Subject:RE: amateur voice-over tweaking
Reply by: RiRo
Date:3/29/2004 5:35:44 AM
Here's a cheat that can fatten up the voice a bit. Give the EQ a boost in the 100hz range. Then use normalize with the Very loud! preset. Of course, if noise is a problem it may not work too well. I use this when boosting wimpy voices, but the recording is done in a booth lined with auralex, so noise is no problem. RiRo |
Subject:RE: amateur voice-over tweaking
Reply by: rraud
Date:3/29/2004 10:39:05 AM
Beware of adding too much bass. Some mics, especially cheap ones, are susceptible to breath pops. (aka, plosives) It won't hurt to start rolling off the low end (bass) just below the point you've boosted it as described above by RiRo. Keeps it from getting "boomy" Roll off the highs starting at arourd 10,000Hz. |
Subject:RE: amateur voice-over tweaking
Reply by: chumash
Date:3/30/2004 2:18:06 PM
Thanks for responding, using a combination of the ideas you gave, I got the voice-over to sound reasonably good. Then again, I don't have a trained ear, but it's good enough for our purposes. The kids are pleased with the video, so that's what counts. Thanks again. |